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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150119 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2015/01/150119.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Farage: NHS might have to be replaced by private health insurance - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-nhs-might-have-to-be-replaced-by-private-health-insurance-9988904.html so: vote for #UKIP, & you vote against #NHS

.@MalmstromEU on #TTIP: "wir sind nicht soweit, als dass wir die Verhandlungen in diesem Jahr abschließen könnten" - http://kurier.at/wirtschaft/wirtschaftspolitik/malmstroem-tiroler-speck-bleibt-tiroler-speck/109.088.442

No clear majority yet for #TTIP, says EU health chief - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/no-clear-majority-yet-us-trade-deal-says-eu-health-chief-311393 "final wording would remain confidential" until end

Doxing victim Zoe Quinn launches online “anti-harassment task force” - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/01/doxing-victim-zoe-quinn-launches-online-anti-harassment-task-force/ interesting move

Troubled TTIP isn't the only 'trade' takeover busting our sovereignty - https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/glyn-moody/troubled-ttip-isn't-only-'trade'-takeover-busting-our-sovereignty how #TTIP, #ISDS, #CETA & #TISA fit together

"There has to be some form of ability to cover comms made through modern tech” - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/20/mi6-john-sawers-new-compact-internet-surveillance sure, some, not all: they have it

And Of Course DEA Had Its Own Database Of Metadata On All Calls From Inside The US To Certain Foreign Countries - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150116/17254729726/course-dea-had-its-own-database-metadata-all-calls-inside-us-to-certain-foreign-countries.shtml

New #Snowden Leak Reveals #GCHQ Collected Emails Of #Journalists At NYT, WaPo, Guardian, BBC And Elsewhere - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150119/09555429748/new-snowden-leak-reveals-gchq-collected-emails-journalists-nyt-wapo-guardian-bbc-elsewhere.shtml

Ex-MI6 chief: "We cannot stop terrorism unless we spy on innocent people" - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11356645/Ex-MI6-chief-Sir-John-Sawers-We-cannot-stop-terrorism-unless-we-spy-on-innocent-people.html this is rubbish, born of laziness

"no-go areas" meme is a con: people always leave traces on the Net: you don't need every breadcrumb to find them - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11356645/Ex-MI6-chief-Sir-John-Sawers-We-cannot-stop-terrorism-unless-we-spy-on-innocent-people.html

Labour lead falls as Greens hit 20-year high in Guardian/ICM poll - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/20/poll-labour-lead-fall-green-conservative-lib-dem-ukip #GE2015 is getting very interesting...

RT @EUKommWien „Österreich war beim Abschluss des #CETA dabei.“ >>so if people realise they made a mistake, they just have to lump it? #ISDS

arbitration decisions in 2014 increase US’s future exposure to #ISDS litigation & liability - http://ccsi.columbia.edu/files/2014/03/Brief-on-US-cases-Jan-14.pdf important analysis

FWIW: I will soon have a regular spare slot in my freelance writing schedule.  If interested in commissioning, see - http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.nl/2015/01/incoming-spare-slots-for-regular_19.html

#Chilcot report on #Iraq war delayed until after general election - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/20/chilcot-report-iraq-war-delayed-general-election probably just a coincidence

The UK vision for the EU's digital economy - http://engage.number10.gov.uk/digital-single-market/ "We must also reject #copyright levies in all forms." (v @williamheath)

Our ‘impartial’ broadcasters have become mouthpieces of the elite - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/20/broadcasters-mouthpieces-of-elite-balanced-news-journalists BBC worst in this respect; staggering decline

Climate scientists rebuff skeptics' arguments agaisnt 2014 'warmest year' claim - http://mashable.com/2015/01/20/climate-skeptics-warmest-year/ #denialists fail maths again

Wegen Snowden: EU-Beauftragter will IT-Anbieter zu Hintertüren für verschlüsselte Kommunikation verpflichten - https://netzpolitik.org/2015/wegen-snowden-eu-beauftragter-will-it-anbieter-zu-hintertueren-fuer-verschluesselte-kommunikation-verpflichten/ fool

Failed MPAA / Xunlei Anti-Piracy Deal is Shocking - http://torrentfreak.com/failed-mpaa-xunlei-anti-piracy-deal-is-shocking-150120/ I wonder why #xunlei accepted this bad deal...

Court Soundly Rejects Watchmaker's Attempt To Abuse Copyright Law To Stop Sale Of Its Watches At Costco - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150120/11590429765/court-soundly-rejects-watchmakers-attempt-to-abuse-copyright-law-to-stop-sale-its-watches-costco.shtml

Failure of the #EPO Can Derail the Trojan Horse of Software Patents and Patent Trolls - http://techrights.org/2015/01/20/epo-failure/ hugely important issue here

Commission fears Greece is 'deceiving' itself - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/commission-fears-greece-deceiving-itself-311409 blatant interference in internal matters

We’re fed up! 50,000 in Berlin say No to #TTIP - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201501/we%E2%80%99re-fed-up-50000-in-berlin-say-no-to-ttip just the start; much more to come